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glen

[glen] / glɛn /


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Matthew Richardson from Manx National Heritage explained that the "lovely natural Manx glen" appears to date back to the 1820s, but all is not as it seems.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2026

Rosie was pulled up to a stretcher, from where she could be carried down the glen to an ambulance.

From BBC Feb. 2, 2024

Each non-Pee-wee appearance required the audience to recalibrate our expectations and remove Reubens from the glen plaid suits and pomade-slicked hairdo for which we came to know him.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2023

Indeed, consumers may want their vehicles not only to look good in, say, a wooded glen, but also to project the very idea that they care about wooded glens.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2023

He opened the gate, passed through it, and strayed away down the glen.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

There are suspicions the Cairngorms lynx were abandoned pets, or were let go by people who want to see the animals reinstated to wooded hills and glens.

From BBC May 16, 2025

The glen is a large area of thickly wooded hillsides and glens with a river, streams and lochs south of Inverness.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2024

Although most of the park fills up daily with birthday parties, off-leash dogs, and brass bands, it’s also home to a network of shady glens, murmuring creeks, and still ponds.

From Slate Aug. 31, 2023

Indeed, consumers may want their vehicles not only to look good in, say, a wooded glen, but also to project the very idea that they care about wooded glens.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2023

Wolves would cower in the glens like foxes when they caught that deadly scent.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner




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